ACE-2 receptor expression on the back of the hand: Implications in the indirect transmission of SARS-CoV-2
Gustavo Acosta Altamirano Acosta,
Miguel A. Chávez Martínez Chávez,
Rebeca Martínez-Quezada Martínez-Quezada
et al.
Abstract:The SARS-CoV-2, is the causative agent of COVID-19, a disease that was declared a pandemic by the WHO, at the beginning of 2020. Various authors have pointed out that morbidity and mortality, as well as the economic consequences of a pandemic, are influenced by factors such as the susceptibility of the population to infection, the severity of the disease, transmissibility and routes of transmission. It was of particular interest in this work to focus on the last two aspects, and, more specifically, on indirect… Show more
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